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  The Wargamer - Korsun Pocket Microsite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
At the same time that Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front was shattering the German line to the east, the second jaw of the Russian pincers was clamping down from the northwest.
It was the mobile arm of the 1st Ukrainian Front and took the fight directly to the Germans.
To the west of the German 11th Corps was the sister 7th Corps, which took the brunt of the 1st Ukrainian Front's attack.
korsunpocket.wargamer.com /history_page3.html   (750 words)

  
 Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The battle was fought on the Eastern Front between the forces of the German Heeresgruppe Süd and the Soviet 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts.
On 18 January, Manstein was proven right when General Nikolai Vatutin ’s 1st and General Ivan Konev ’s 2nd Ukrainian Front ’s attacked the edges of the salient and surrounded the two German corps.
Group Stemmerman will shorten the front lines and move the pocket in the direction of Shenderovka in order to be able, when the time comes, to break out towards the forces mounting a relief attack from outside.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Korsun_Pocket   (1342 words)

  
 Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March 1944 two Soviet fronts encircled Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube 's 1st Panzer Army north of the Dniestr river.
This massive force, over nine armies, was to attempt to outflank and encircle Hube's army, and then, in a repeat of the Battle of Stalingrad, reduce the enemy pocket (in German, kessel, meaning "cauldron") to nothing.
Manstein was informed of heavy troop movements all across Hube's front, however with Adolf Hitler 's refusal to allow strategic withdrawals, there was little he could do.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kamenets-Podolsky_Pocket   (1751 words)

  
 1945
2nd Ukrainian front under Malinovsky conquers the industrial area of Mosonmagyarovar and reaches the Austrian border between Dounau and the Neusiedler lake.
The 3rd Ukrainian front occupies Radkesburg and the 2nd Ukrainian front attacks in the direction of Brno in Czechoslovakia.
Troops of the 4th Ukrainian front capture Moravska Ostrava., while Army Group South and Army Group Centre continue to fight, but only to try and reach the Americans so that they can surrender, but in the main on units of Army Group South manage this.
www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1945eastern.asp   (1940 words)

  
 [No title]
Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front opens a fresh offensive utterly destroying the German defensive positions along a front of 100 miles.
The 2nd Ukrainian Front offensive continues as Pervomaysk is captured.
As 3rd Ukrainian Front continues its advance (capturing Nikolayev and entering Rumania), the Germans and Rumanians begin the naval evacuation of Odessa.
www.bartcop.com /arc4403.htm   (2415 words)

  
 Eastern Front (WWII) biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The front was opened by Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941 4:00 am, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union; and ended on 8 May 1945 when Germany surrendered following the Battle of Berlin.
Citing the importance of Ukrainian grain and heavy industry if under German possession, not to mention the massing of Soviet reserves in the Gomel area between Army Group Centre's southern flanks and the bogged-down Army Group South to the south, the order was issued to 2nd Panzer Group to turn south and advance towards Kiev.
On the central front, a massive soviet attack, called operation Bagration, starting on June 22 it led eventually to the destruction of the German Army Group Centre the next year.
great-patriotic-war.biography.ms   (5795 words)

  
 Rodion Malinovsky - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On January 18, 1942, the Southern and Southwest Fronts launched a joint attack in the Kharkov region that was able to push the Germans back 100 kilometers.
On July 28, Malinovsky's Southern Front was inactivated, and he was appointed commander of the 66th Army, which held positions east of Stalingrad.
In February 1943, Malinovsky was once again placed in command of the Southern Front, and the next month (March) he was placed in command of Southwest Front, which was renamed 3rd Ukrainian Front October 1943.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Rodion_Malinovsky   (803 words)

  
 Allied Players
For example, though most of the armies fighting with the Ukrainian Front were indeed recruited from the Ukraine, none were specifically designated as being such.
Their armament was also lighter than that required of front line divisions, and their main role remained anti-partisan work and security until the end of the war - and in fact into the 1950s, in many prolonged anti-partisan wars in Ukraine and the Baltics that extended well past VE Day.
(It is also worthy of note that the remnants of a Ukrainian SS Division hid out in the Carpathians for over a year after the end of World War Two, finally fighting their way to the west in the winter of 1946-47, reduced themselves to the status of partisan troops).
www.deutschesoldaten.com /history/playerseast2.htm   (8911 words)

  
 Michael Kelerih was born in 1917 in the Khmelnitskiy area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On the 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian fronts, he was wounded twice.
In October, 1943 I was sent as a mehanic/driver on the 3-rd Ukrainian front in a new separate battalion of self-propelled artillery installations “CАУ-85”.
In the structure of the armies of the 2-nd and 3-rd Ukrainian fronts our crew had to participate in the deflection of flank impacts by German armies and by February, 1944, in their environment in the area of Korsun'-Shevchenkovo.
www.rusvets.org /kelerikh/engkeleric.html   (1439 words)

  
 Massacres and Atrocities of WWII in Eastern Europe
They were given a uniform, a few weeks training and then sent to the eastern front where they were given a free rein to vent their pent-up hatred on innocent defenseless Jews.
Ukrainian witnesses testified that since 1938 until the arrival of the German troops in 1941, trucks kept coming and going day and night bringing dead bodies to the burial ground from the NKVD prisons in the area.
In one case, a mine was strapped to the back of a eight year old boy who was allowed to run away while the perpetrators fired their pistols until the bullets hit the mine causing it to explode.
members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/massacres_east.html   (12505 words)

  
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America is a hierarchical church, and defendant, Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Passaic, New Jersey (hereinafter “Holy Ascension Parish”) is a member thereof.
As a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America, Holy Ascension Parish is subject to its Constitution and bound by its decisions.
During his testimony Professor Bird testified that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America from 1950 to 1995 represented itself to be a continuation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church of Ukraine….
www.saveouruoc.com /news1.html   (4375 words)

  
 Articles - Eastern Front (World War II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In addition the 1st and 2nd Polish armies, armed and trained by the Soviets, fought alongside the Red Army at the front.
This took the whole of August and into September, but when 2nd Panzer Group joined up with 1st Panzer Group at Lokhvitsa on 5 September 665,000 Soviet prisoners were taken and Kiev fell on 19 September.
In September 1941, Erich Koch was appointed to the Ukrainian Commissariat.
www.kamero.net /articles/Eastern_Front_(WWII)   (6893 words)

  
 Kiev Offensive (1920) - Art History Online Reference and Guide
The joint Polish - Ukrainian political campaign which goal was to raise the patriotic spirits among the population the plans to form a strong Ukrainian army capable of taking over the positions against the Soviets in Ukraine, while initially succesfull, had to be abandoned due to lack of time.
From the perspective of staff maps in Warsaw it was clear that the renascent Polish Army was too weak to withstand both the offensive in the southern secor of the front in Ukraine, and the spring offensive prepared by the Bolsheviks in Belarus and to the north of the Prypeć Marshes.
However, repeated attacks by the elite Budionny's cossack cavalry broken the Polish Ukrainian front on June 5th and on June 10th Polish armies were retreating along the entire front.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Kiev_Operation   (818 words)

  
 Eastern Front   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On 8 May the Russian offensive began with General Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front attacking from Saxony and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Fronts attacking from the south and east.
Marshal Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front aimed for the Baltic Coast east of Kustrin and split the Third Panzer Army and the Second Army.
Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front raced for the Neisse River, and Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front headed for the northern reaches of the Oder while Zhukov's 1st Beloreussian Front held a line along the Oder opposite Berlin.
www3.sympatico.ca /ergrenier/East.html   (10214 words)

  
 The Wargamer - Korsun Pocket Microsite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The main goal of the First Ukrainian Front is to drive as hard as possible on Lisyanka and Zvenigorodka.
The situation facing the Soviets in the 2nd Ukrainian Front scenario is far better, at least materially.
The strength and capabilities of the units comprising the 2nd Ukrainian Front are much greater.
korsunpocket.wargamer.com /strategy.html   (1147 words)

  
 Historical Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In the Southeast, the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) reaches Wiener Neustadt in its advance toward Vienna.
April 2nd, 1942: Axis air forces begin a bombing campaign against La Valetta, the British naval base on Malta in the Mediterranean.
April 5th, 1945: The Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front reaches the outskirts of Vienna which has minimal German forces to defend it.
home1.gte.net /vze2699s/id1.html   (1059 words)

  
 Batina operation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ukrainian Front which participated in liberation of Banat and Baèka moved North towards Budapest and in theirs place arrived units of 3
Ukrainian Front which participated in liberation of Belgrade.
Ukrainian Front in Hungary and NOVJ units on Syrmia front.
www.vojska.net /ww2/battles/batina   (710 words)

  
 WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: April
In the East, the offensive by the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front against Berlin is stalled at the Seelow Heights 2 miles W of the Oder, with great losses in troops and tanks.
In the East, the Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front (Vassilevsky) captures the port of Pillau 20 miles W of Königsberg, while the 2nd Belorussian Front (Rokossovsky) occupies Stettin at the mouth of the Oder.
The Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front captures Prenzlau and Tangermnde 70 NW of Berlin.
www.feldgrau.com /april.html   (2581 words)

  
 Russia, History, World War II - JRL 3-7-05
On February 13, the 3rd Ukrainian Front completed the Budapest strategic operation and liberated the Hungarian capital from the Nazis.
This could be seen in the delayed opening of the second front, in inconsistent and often superficial coverage of the events on the Eastern, or Soviet front.
He opened the so-called "second front" either in Greece or in Italy or elsewhere, thereby avoiding direct attacks on the core Nazi divisions and waiting for the Soviet Union and the Soviet Army to be worn out completely.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/9080-11.cfm   (3622 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Operation Bagration: The boundaries of the various Ukrainian fronts are difficult to distinguish from the rivers and national boundaries.
The 2nd Ukrainian front has seven hexes for setup, up to and including hexes B-2404, 2505, and 2605.
The 4th Ukrainian front has hexes B-2405, 2406, 2506, 2507, and 2606.
www.grognard.com /errata/greatpat.txt   (376 words)

  
 Korsun Pocket - Decisive battles of WW II
Leading up to the opening of the battle on January 25th there were several indications that the Soviets had shot their bolt in the Korsun region.
An abortive attack by Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian Front had simply resulted in a small pocket of Soviet troops around Tichonovka ( see Jan 25th 1st Ukrainian Front)and on the other side of the salient bitter fighting around Kirovograd (just off the south map edge) had seen only minor Soviet gains.
The massive build up by Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front ( see Jan 25th 2nd Ukrainian Front) went unnoticed by the German high command.
www.matrixgames.com /games/KorsunPocket/history.asp   (198 words)

  
 NIGHT WITCHES...
Meantime, the grave situation at the front resulting from the penetration of the Nazi troops at the Stalingrad approach led to the declaration of martial law in the Saratov Region on 9 September.
Lebedeva and Blinova remained at the front by taking the opportunity of transferring to the 653rd IAP where a couple of pilot slots were vacant.
The 586th IAP's OC was tasked with denying enemy recce planes access to the troops of the Steppe Front while preventing Luftwaffe bombers from dropping their ordnance on the lines of communication.
www.samolet.co.uk /femalefaces.html   (10278 words)

  
 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization II > Civ2-Democracy Game: Red Front > RED FRONT 1.4 Demogame?
Perhaps we include 'Front' commanders, whereby a player is in charge of the defense of an area and gets full reign of how to fight in that sector.
We have votes regarding majour decisions, such that a concensus might be reached, so we all feel that the outcome of the war might hinge on the performance of various Front Commanders.
Front Commander In charge of defending his particular area of the front.
www.apolyton.net /forums/showthread.php?threadid=80001   (1571 words)

  
 The T-34-85 in action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Conditions at the over-extended front meant that the new tanks, with their more powerful armament, had to be sent into action as soon as possible."
The 2nd Tank Brigade was formed with the help of the Soviet Union in 1944 and received 60 T-34-85 tanks.
More than that, the ease of repair turned out to be quite fortuitous in the course of its post-war use abroad, predominantly in Asia and Africa, at times in extreme climatic conditions, and with personnel that had an extremely mediocre, to say the least, level of training.
www.battlefield.ru /t34_85_2.html   (2120 words)

  
 TFR 58-1
of the crews of American aircraft detained in the sector of the 57th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front and sent to the city of Debrecen, Hungary, on "11" March 1945.
Given to American flier LEO ROBERT of the 15th Air Regiment to attest that he was wounded in the city of Adonio and sent to Medical Evacuation Hospital No. 280 on 29 December 1944 due to a closed fracture of the lower right fibula.
of the crews of American aircraft detained by the 57th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front and sent to the city of Bucharest on "29" January 1945.
lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/tfrussia/tfrhtml/tfr058-1.html   (2656 words)

  
 Antony Beevor
The NKVD and SMERSH chief with each Front was answerable only to Beria and Stalin, not to the military chain of command.
OKH Oberkommando des Heeres, in theory the supreme headquarters of the German army, but in the later stages of the war its most important role was operational command of the Eastern Front.
Army Group and Front A German 'Army Group' or a Red Army 'Front' represented a collection of armies under a single commander-in-chief.
www.antonybeevor.com /Berlin/berlinannex.htm   (1413 words)

  
 WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: March
March 1st, 1943: On the central front in the East, German troops begin the evacuation of the Rshev area.
on the Oder front in the East, troops of the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front are fighting inside the fortress of Küstrin.
March 13th, 1945: The Soviet 1st Belorussian Front (Zhukov) captures the Oder fortress of Küstrin, 70 miles east of Berlin, while the 2nd Belorussian Front (Rokossovsky) launches an offensive against the Braunsberg pocket south of Königsberg.
www.feldgrau.com /march.html   (2136 words)

  
 AII POW-MIA WW II Working Group Findings
As Soviet troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front (probably 19th Army) advanced on the area, the Germans evacuated this camp beginning 6 February 1945, and marched the prisoners west.
The POW population grew significantly from February to April 1945 as the Germans marched prisoners from camps further east to Stalag III-A. On 7 February for instance, 5,000 American POWs from Stalag III-B, Furstenburg, virtually the entire population of that camp, arrived at Luckenwalde.
Similarly, the precise command relationship between Soviet fronts and armies is not obvious from the original maps; information was derived from the physical proximity of organization symbols and inferred unit boundaries as they appear on the maps.
www.aiipowmia.com /wwii/wwiiwkgrp.html   (12715 words)

  
 TFR 39 Information Concerning US Citizens Missing in Action During the Second World War
By the order of the Commander of the Third Ukrainian Front, Marshall of the Soviet Union Comrade TOLVUKHINA, I am sending you 76 American and English airmen, who were shot down in the rear of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, FOR TRANSFER TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY MISSION.
By order of the Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade TOLVUKHIN, I am sending you 21 American airmen who crash landed in the rear of the 3rd Ukrainian Front for transfer to the American MILITARY MISSION.
By the order of the Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade TOLVUKHIN, I am sending you 22 American airmen, who crash landed in the rear of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, for transfer to the American Military Mission.
lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/tfrussia/tfrhtml/tfr039.html   (4753 words)

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